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Update of Evaluation of California's Community Paramedicine Pilot Update of Evaluation of California’s Community Paramedicine Pilot Program by Janet M. Coffman, PhD, MPP, Lisel Blash, MPA, and Ginachukwu Amah, Healthforce Center and Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UC San Francisco February 27, 2019 Abstract / Overview Community paramedicine, also known as mobile integrated health (MIH-CP), is an innovative model of care that seeks to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care delivery by using specially trained paramedics in partnership with other health care providers to address the needs of local health care systems. In November 2014, the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) approved an application from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish a Health Workforce Pilot Project, which has encompassed 18 projects in 13 communities across California, testing seven different community paramedicine concepts. Twelve projects are currently enrolling patients. Five of the initial projects have closed for various reasons. One project suspended operations in December 2017 but plans to begin enrolling patients again in 2019. The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and Healthforce Center at UC San Francisco are conducting an independent evaluation of these projects. This report presents findings through September 30, 2018, for projects currently enrolling patients and projects that have closed. The evaluators conclude that Californians benefit from these innovative models of health care that leverage an existing workforce operating at all times under medical control – either directly or by protocols developed by physicians experienced in emergency care. The projects have improved coordination among providers of medical, behavioral health, and social services and reduced preventable ambulance transports, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions. They have not resulted in any adverse outcomes for patients. This report presents a summary of major findings from the evaluation for policymakers. All data submitted by project sites are reported to OSHPD on a quarterly basis. Acknowledgements The authors thank the pilot sites, project participants, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority, and the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for their assistance in carrying out this evaluation. They also thank the California Health Care Foundation for funding the evaluation. Research Report Contents Acknowledgements 2 Alternate Destination – Sobering Center 44 Executive Summary 4 Summary and Conclusion 49 General Project Status 5 Post-Discharge – Short-Term Follow-Up 49 Post-Discharge – Short-Term Follow-Up 5 Frequent EMS User 49 Frequent EMS User 6 Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis 49 Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis 6 Hospice 50 Hospice 7 Alternate Destination – Mental Health 50 Alternate Destination – Mental Health 7 Alternate Destination – Urgent Care 50 Alternate Destination – Urgent Care 8 Alternate Destination – Sobering Center 51 Alternate Destination – Sobering Center 8 Conclusion 51 Conclusion 9 Appendix A. Map of California Community Introduction 10 Paramedicine Pilot ProJects Currently Enrolling Overview of California Community Paramedicine Patients and ProJects Expected to Begin Pilot Projects 10 Enrolling Patients in 2019 52 Training of Community Paramedics 11 Appendix B. Methods for Estimating Savings 53 Patient Safety 12 Post-Discharge – Short-Term Follow-Up 53 Funding 12 Frequent EMS User 53 Methods 13 Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis 54 Results 15 Hospice 54 General Project Status 15 Alternate Destination – Mental Health 55 Post-Discharge, Short-Term Follow-Up 19 Alternate Destination – Urgent Care 55 Frequent EMS User 25 Alternate Destination – Sobering Center 55 Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis 28 References 57 Hospice 31 Alternate Destination – Mental Health 35 Alternate Destination – Urgent Care 40 The mission of the Healthforce Center is to equip health care organizations with the workforce knowledge and leadership skills to effect positive change. Healthforce Center at UCSF 3333 California Street, Suite 410 San Francisco, CA 94143 © 2019 Healthforce Center at UCSF Update of Evaluation of California’s Community Paramedicine Pilot Program 4 Executive Summary Community paramedicine, also known as mobile integrated health (MIH-CP), is an innovative model of care that seeks to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care delivery by using specially trained paramedics in partnership with other health care providers to address the needs of local health care systems. On November 14, 2014, the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) approved an application from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish a Health Workforce Pilot Project (HWPP #173) to test multiple community paramedicine concepts. OSHPD has since renewed the HWPP for one-year periods in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. The community paramedicine HWPP has encompassed 18 projects in 13 communities across California, testing seven different community paramedicine concepts. Twelve projects are currently enrolling patients, including seven projects launched in 2015, one launched in 2017, and four launched in 2018. Five of the initial projects have closed for various reasons. One project suspended operations in December 2017 but plans to begin enrolling patients again in 2019. The HWPP regulations require organizations that sponsor pilot projects to retain an independent evaluator to assess trainee performance, patient acceptance, and cost-effectiveness. The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and Healthforce Center at UC San Francisco are conducting the evaluation, funded by the California Health Care Foundation. This report presents a summary of major findings from the evaluation for policymakers. All data submitted by project sites are reported to OSHPD on a quarterly basis. The report presents findings from the time the initial group of pilot projects began enrolling patients (June 2015 to October 2015) through September 2018. The seven community paramedicine concepts that sites are testing are described below: 1. Post-Discharge – Short-Term Follow-Up: Provide short-term, home-based follow-up care to people recently discharged from a hospital due to a chronic condition (e.g., heart failure) to reduce their risk of readmission and improve their ability to manage their condition. 2. Frequent Emergency Medical Services (EMS) User: Provide case management services to people who are frequent 911 callers and frequent visitors to emergency departments (EDs) to identify needs that could be met more effectively outside of an ED, and assist patients in accessing primary care and obtaining services to address non-medical needs, such as food, housing, and substance use disorder treatment. 3. Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis: In collaboration with a public health agency, provide directly observed therapy (DOT) to people with tuberculosis (i.e., dispense medications and observe patients taking them) to ensure effective treatment of tuberculosis and prevent its spread. 4. Hospice: In response to 911 calls made by or on behalf of hospice patients, collaborate with hospice agency nurses, patients, and family members to treat patients in their homes according to their wishes instead of transporting them to an ED. 5. Alternate Destination – Mental Health: In response to 911 calls, offer people who have mental health needs but no acute medical needs transport directly to a mental health crisis center instead of to an ED with subsequent transfer to a mental health facility. 6. Alternate Destination – Urgent Care: In response to 911 calls, offer people with low-acuity medical conditions transport to an urgent care center for evaluation by a physician instead of to an ED. © 2019 Healthforce Center at UCSF Update of Evaluation of California’s Community Paramedicine Pilot Program 5 7. Alternate Destination – Sobering Center: In response to 911 calls, offer people who are acutely intoxicated but do not have an acute medical or mental health needs transport directly to a sobering center for monitoring instead of to an ED. Key findings are as follows. General ProJect Status • The pilot projects enrolled 4,304 persons through September 30, 2018. • Thirteen pilot projects were launched from June through October of 2015. • San Francisco’s Alternate Destination – Sobering Center project began enrolling patients in February 2017. • Santa Clara County EMS’s Alternate Destination – Mental Health project and Santa Clara’s Alternate Destination – Sobering Center project began enrolling patients in June 2018. • Central California EMS’s (Fresno) Alternate Destination – Mental Health project began enrolling patients in July 2018. • San Francisco’s Frequent EMS User project began enrolling patients in September 2018. • Five projects, Butte County EMS’s and the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care’s Post-Discharge – Short- Term Follow-Up projects and all three Alternate Destination – Urgent Care projects, have closed. The Post-Discharge – Short-Term Follow-Up projects closed due to lack of local resources. The Alternate Destination – Urgent Care projects closed due to low enrollment. • San Diego’s Frequent EMS User project suspended operations in December 2017 due to a lack of funding but plans to relaunch in 2019. Post-Discharge – Short-Term Follow-Up • From June 2015 through September 2018, the five
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